DPAS mentioned that there is a Japanese box set of Rainbow Memories in Rock on the market that includes a soundboard recording of the Birmingham show as a bonus. This is of interest as by most accounts that show featured the best performance of the three gig mini-tour, while the two German shows on the release can be best described as, ahem, tentative.

Our Japanese correspondent furnishes further details.

The “super premium” box set in question has a limited edition run of 500 copies and is available exclusively through Ward Records for a princely sum of ¥34,884 (¥32,300 excluding tax). In addition to the 2CD Birmingham recording, it includes the regular Japanese editions of the album (compiled from the two German shows) on Blu-ray, 2CD, and vinyl, plus a photo booklet, and a t-shirt.

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Posted by Nick Soveiko on Saturday, December 10th, 2016,
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Moan, moan, Bitch Bitch….. gosh dont you lot ever give it a rest. Honestly you are such a bunch of critical old farts at times. Oh so you were lucky enough to see him at his peak and with RJD and CP too. I pity you all for being so stuck in the past and needing things to be so perfect. How on earth you deal with life in general on politics and relationships etc is beyond me.

I am a long time fan and have seen all the bands and players live several times over the last 30 years and I am still happy with both Rainbow and Deep Purple, the Rainbow show in Brum this year was ace, not his best, but more than good enough indeed.

So I am buying the box set and i have tickets for the UK gigs next year too.

Get a life and stop bloody moaning, as when he is retired and ultimately when he is dead and gone, you will all be moaning even more.

Who remembers the enormous box set from The Who that included Live at Hull? Who also remembers that eventually Live at Hull was released as a standalone release? Who’s to say this won’t happen with the Bifmingham gig?

Not that Live at Hull was anything to write home about. It showed The Who as what they still were at the time, essentially a singles band entrenched in a 60ies sound that struggled to recreate Tommy as their new concept album on stage. I love The Who, but it took them until Who’s Next (a great album) to firmly arrive in the 70ies. As regards sonic might, any Deep Purple or Uriah Heep live recording from around that time creams Live at Hull into the ground. The Who needed at least a fifth member on stage to recreate their music live convincingly. They would realize that soon – well, it took them the better part of the 70ies – enough and Bundrick came aboard. Pete is a gifted writer and idiosyncratic guitarist, but live not really versatile enough – he would be the first to agree – to reproduce The Who’s more lavish studio arrangements.